Opera

Things are hotting up at Norwegian software company Opera. Just a couple of days after announcing that it would be moving to the WebKit rendering engine, it revealed that it had bought out rival browser maker Skyfire Labs.
Opera is believed to have pushed the deal, worth US$155-million, through in ...

The latest State of Mobile Advertising report from Norwegian web browser maker Opera shows a couple of interesting trends, including the emergence of Russia as a mobile advertising power and the increasing importance of Android as a mobile advertising platform.
The report, which is based on data from the ...

Opera has partnered with Brazilian mobile operator TIM to launch the TIM App Shop, which will be powered by the Opera Mobile Store.
According to The Next Web, the partnership will see the TIM App Shop pre-loaded on all devices sold by the mobile carrier, which is Brazil's second largest. ...

Norwegian software outfit Opera has announced the launch of a streaming music service in Russia -- one of the markets where its mobile browser performs best.
The idea behind the product, called Unlimited Music, is to “make music files available in a simple and affordable way for Russians, no matter ...

It may not be a big in the world of desktop browsers but Opera's mobile effort makes it a serious player in the browser wars.
The Norwegian-made browser today revealed that its mobile browsers are installed on some 200-million phones across the world, up 47% from the same period last ...

Android is winning -- hang on a moment Apple fans, take a deep breath and let me finish before you start pounding your keyboards in anger -- the mobile browser wars.
According to the latest figures from StatCounter, Android’s native browser has officially taken over from Opera’s as the most ...

Opera doesn't really feature in the web browser landscape. Its mobile browser Opera Mini, on the other hand, is among the most popular. Hardly surprising then, that it should trumpet the release of a new iteration of the latter called Opera Mini Next.
The new browser reportedly leverages social through ...

Opera Software released the newest update to its desktop web browser, Opera 11.50, which is now available for the first time in Swahili and Zulu.
The browser supports more than 50 languages in total, with the update adding four new languages, also including Bengali and Punjabi. Codenamed "Swordfish", Opera 11.50 ...

Codenamed "Barracuda", Opera 11.10 is the newest update to the popular desktop browser and it includes support for over 50 languages including Afrikaans, Azerbaijani, Montenegrin, Malay, Tagalog, Thai and Uzbeck. The latest update also includes improvements to two of Opera's most used features: Speed Dial and Opera Turbo.
Opera seems to be ...

Jon von Tetzchner, the co-founder of Opera, first discovered the internet in 1992 while working at the Norwegian telecoms company, Telenor. Realising the potential of this new technology, von Tetzchner and his partner branched out and set up Norway's first Internet Service Provider, which was one of the first ...